Charlotte Peters

Charlotte Peters (1913 – December 28, 1988), née Wiedmann, was a television show host based in St. Louis, Missouri. She was the first woman in St. Louis to have a live talk show. Early life Peters attended school through eighth grade. She was a housewife in Webster Groves, Missouri, when she made appearances on To The Ladies, a midday St. Louis talk show. Her entertainment career developed further when she heard an advertisement for auditions for amateurs for television; she won the contest. She contacted impresario Billy Rose and auditioned for him. He offered her a one-year contract, but she did not want to go to New York, so she declined. The Charlotte Peters Show The Charlotte Peters Show was a weekday live variety television show. It aired at noon on KSD-TV from 1956 to 1964 and then on KTVI until 1970. It was unrehearsed and much audience participation was involved.